Queenie's gaze lit up, and she said, "I don't have anything to do at the moment. Since you want me to go so much, I'll go with you guys."...It was very cold outside.Sherry hugged Caprice tightly after they walked out of Queenie's place.Queenie followed them.When they reached a corner, they met Julie head-on.Julie smiled at Sherry, but the smile that hung on Sherry's lips instantly disappeared. She glanced coldly at Julie then simply walked past her with Caprice in her arms, not paying attention to Julie.The smile on Julie's face stiffened.Queenie sensed something was off and said with a smile, "Julie, I'm going to John's place tonight, so I won't be having dinner with you and Mom."Julie smiled and said, "Okay."However, after Queenie and Sherry went far away, her face instantly turned cold again.'Sherry Fowler, what is it about you that makes John care so much about you? You're from such a poor background. How dare someone like you dare to ignore me?!'...Meanwh
The little girl was just so cute!Sherry could not resist her and kissed her face twice again.Standing not far away, Queenie was dumbfounded. After all, Caprice did not like to be too close to people and rarely let people hold her, let alone kiss her.'The girl will definitely be unhappy with how frantically Sherry is kissing her.'However, just as she had that thought, Caprice pouted her lips and softly pressed a kiss to Sherry's cheek as well.Queenie was speechless."Mommy, I'm hungry," Caprice said to Sherry.Sherry immediately picked her up. "Mommy will get you something delicious to eat."She walked over after saying that. When she passed Queenie and saw the latter's shocked expression, she could not help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"Caprice's large eyes also looked at her curiously.Queenie snapped back to her senses. "N-nothing."Sherry carried Caprice out.The snacks were all freshly made on the day itself. There were a few plates of delicious morsels on the
However, Sherry's talent for business should not be underestimated.If he had not kept her at home for those two years, would she have been able to make a name for herself a long time ago?Just as he was contemplating, Sherry suddenly stood up with Caprice in her arms.His gaze changed as he pursed his lips, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.Sherry was going to send Caprice back to her room to sleep. Unexpectedly, she saw him right as she turned around.He came out of the study at some point and had been eavesdropping for an unknown amount of time. His posture was lazy as he smiled languidly.Sherry's brows wrinkled.What was that look supposed to mean?Queenie also saw him and asked with a smile, "Are you done with work?""Yeah." John pursed his lips and said to her, "Stay for dinner later."Queenie's eyes lit up. "Okay!"Although she did not intend to go back for dinner, it was different when her brother personally asked her to stay. After all, he had not spoken t
There was a balcony outside Caprice's room.Sherry quickly took her phone to the balcony and answered the call.Carl's unhappy voice instantly rang out from the phone. "Sherry, did you check out of the room? Where did you go?""I didn't go anywhere. I'm still in Glanchester. I left in a hurry during the day and didn't have time to tell you." Then, she asked him, "What are you calling me for?""Can't I call you when you run away without saying anything?"The corners of Sherry's lips twitched. "If you have nothing to say, I'm hanging up.""Wait!" Carl quickly asked, "Where are you now?""I'm safe. Don't worry about me."Carl was silent for two seconds and asked in a cold voice, "Did you move in with Master Stockton?"Sherry's throat choked for a moment, but she said honestly, "Yes. I'm at the Stocktons' residence now.""Sherry Fowler, did you forget that we're getting engaged?!" Carl raised his voice. It was several times louder than usual.Sherry was startled and pursed her l
John looked at her full red lips and pursed his own. His throat bobbed.Sherry sensed something wrong and frowned at him.He curled his lips. "Don't look at me like that. I have no interest in you at all now."After saying that, he let go of her chin and walked back into Caprice's room.Sherry stared at him and then walked in as well.John sat on the sofa, reading a book.Sherry said to him, "Go back to your room and rest. I'll stay with Caprice tonight."He read the book and ignored her.Sherry held back her anger. It seemed he did not plan on leaving.Her eyes flickered, and she walked out with quick steps.John lifted his eyes to look at her figure and was suspicious.Was she leaving?...Sherry went to the bathroom as soon as she entered the bedroom.After quickly washing up, she put on her pajamas, blow-dried her hair, took her phone and a storybook, and went back to Caprice's bedroom.John had not left and was still sitting gracefully on the sofa, reading. He did n
After chatting with Sylvia a while more, Sherry put her phone down.John was still on the sofa reading.From Sherry's angle, she could only see the upper half of his face. His gold-rimmed glasses contrasted with his fair skin, and his eyes exuded an air of elegance and nobility. He was quite good-looking. Unfortunately, he was a bit annoying.Sherry stared at him secretly, then wrapped her arms around Caprice and closed her eyes. The little girl's body was soft and smelled of milk.Sherry fell asleep in no time.Unbeknownst to her, after she fell asleep, the man on the sofa put down his book and stood up. His straight figure went around the end of the bed and walked to her side.When he saw her sleeping appearance, he curled his lips up in a manner that was different from how he had faced her before. At that moment, there was a wicked and smug smile in his eyes.A short while later, he took off his glasses and bent down. His handsome face approached her eyes, and his lips kissed
Aunt Wanda handed John Caprice and left.There were only Caprice and John left in the room, along with Sherry who was snoring away. He narrowed his eyes and went to the bed while carrying Caprice.Caprice's eyes lit up when she saw that her father was going to sleep with her, and she quickly climbed into the middle of the bed. She obviously wanted to sleep sandwiched in between her parents.John smiled and let her lay on Sherry's other side as she wished, then turned off the lights.Caprice's chubby hands spread out at her sides, and she closed her eyes happily.When she fell asleep, a large hand picked her up. Then, she was moved half a meter across the bed before she was placed back down again.The man who originally lay there was now lying beside Sherry.His deep eyes that reflected the dim light of the night were sly and cunning. A long arm quickly looped around her waist and held her in his embrace....Early morning, Sherry opened her eyes as the rays of sunshine shone i
Sherry immediately went to Caprice's shoe cabinet.The little girl was wearing a cream dress and a pair of white stockings today. Sherry picked out a pair of small yellow boots for her.Taking the shoes, she went to the bed and squatted down to help put on the shoes.John glanced at her and carried Caprice to the bed.The little girl was very smart and raised her chubby feet to Sherry's eyes.Sherry unzipped the boots and put them on Caprice's feet.However, she did not know if it was because the boots were too thin, or if the way she was helping the girl wear them was wrong, but the little girl's chubby foot got stuck and could not slip into the boots.Sherry frowned. Just as she tried to shove the foot into the boot, her hand was smacked.A smack rang out, and it was quite painful.Sherry immediately looked up.John was frowning at her. "Are you trying to break Caprice's foot?"Sherry's eyes flickered. "These boots seem a little small."John gave her a side glance. "Move
She was her usual self in every aspect. She put her heart into her job and never started trouble so long as nobody tried to start trouble with her. The crew cycled through their locations during their shoot. The constant travel made her skin break out slightly, but there were no other concerns otherwise. The shoot progressed very smoothly and within three months, they managed to wrap up everything at the mountainous region previously mentioned. It was nearly evening when they wrapped up the shoot. Holding a bouquet in hand, she took a group picture with the crew and celebrated with everyone. After that, she planned to hitch a ride with another crew member and leave for home. To their demise, some men in uniform who claimed to be the road maintenance technicians showed up to break the bad news to them. They mentioned that they had to repair some of the roads urgently and so the way home was temporarily obstructed. The director took his phone and called the city hotline fo
He remembered his first meeting with Isabel. She was sitting all by herself on the floor, in the middle of nowhere. Her vulnerable expression only made her more endearing. So, he managed to get her to go to his place and installed her in his home. He fell for her and paid careful attention to all her needs. It did not take long before Isabel caught feelings for him as well. The two of them got together in no time. Their days were plain and ordinary, but also very fulfilling, that was until he met Clarice. With the help of his father, his power struggle with Roland had reached a tipping point. It was at that opportune moment when Clarice’s father saw something in Roland and planned to wed his daughter Clarice to him to join up their families, which was a cause for alarm for Decker. He stressed over it for an entire night before approaching Clarice himself the very next day. Clarice quickly caught feelings for him as well. Furthermore, Roland had been foolish enough to reject
Decker was smiling quite earnestly at Isabel. Isabel threw a deeply suspicious look at him, then she glanced at the stack of documents laid out on top of the table in front of her. “Transferal of Shares.” She was dumbfounded. "I've gone through the contract, it’s safe to sign so go ahead.” Roland picked up a pen and handed it to her. "Roland, I..." "Sign it first, I’ll explain when we get home.” Isabel frowned and tried to protest. "I—" "Don't make me have to beg." Isabel did not know how to respond. Fine. She briefly scanned through the contract. The contract stated Decker’s agreement to transfer the remaining forty percent of his shares in Rockwell Corporation to her. Roland must have talked to the shareholders of Rockwell Corporation about this as well. They all regarded Isabel with polite smiles. Isabel had flipped through the final page of the document. She signed her name on one of the marked-out sections. She proceeded to sign all thr
They ended the call shortly after that. Isabel glanced at Martha and was hesitating if she should break the news right away. Martha seemed to have sensed her staring and suddenly turned to her with a flash of concern. "Isabel, what's wrong?" Isabel took a deep breath and broke the news. "Auntie, Master Rockwell just passed away." Martha's eyes widened. After a lengthy silence that lasted more than ten seconds, she started to break out in tears. She covered her face with her hands and expressed amid bouts of tears mixed with laughter, “Wonderful! About time! I hope he enjoys life in the underworld. God knows that someone like him will never deserve a spot in heaven!” Isabel did not know whether she should celebrate with Martha or console her. Soon, Martha began to collect herself. She briefly wiped away her tears and joyfully took Isabel's hand. "Isabel, let’s go shopping! I’m in such a good mood today, I’m going to go on a shopping spree!” "Okay. But Roland w
Isabel held onto Roland's hand firmly during the entire drive home after leaving the hospital. It was because Roland’s hands were cold and rigid. Isabel sat with him and tirelessly rubbed his hand to keep them warm. After one hand was warm, she would shift her attention to the other. By the time she managed to warm the other hand, the original hand would turn cold again. She decided it was easier to take both of his hands and caress them with the warmth of her palms. Roland looked at her with a gentle glow deep within his eyes. “Thank you, Isabel,” he said softly. Thank you for loving him, and for sticking by his side all this time despite circumstances. Isabel smiled. “I’m just warming your hands, it's no big deal. Still, you’re welcome." Roland smiled faintly and left it at that. Soon, his hands began to warm up off of the heat of Isabel’s palms. When Isabel felt that his hands were no longer freezing, she prepared to pull her hand away. That was when
Decker looked nothing like his usual self. The pompous, arrogant man who held himself far above others and who expected everyone around him to kiss up to him because he was superior to them all. It was as if he had been plunged not only to Earth but a pile of swamp. He had completely lost his usual grace. Isabel said crossly, "Decker, have you gone mental? Is everything going on too much for you?” “Yeah, could you help me?” he said with a coy smile, “Just one hug should be enough to take care of it all.” Isabel rolled her eyes. Without warning, he suddenly braced himself and lunged right at Isabel, stepping past Brandon who was caught off guard by this sudden attack. Isabel barely had time to react. Just when it seemed like his hand was about to graze Isabel, a long pair of arms seized Isabel from behind and jerked her backward. It was swiftly followed by a long, muscular leg shooting outward right next to Isabel. Thump! Decker was kicked to the ground.
"How did you and Roland meet?" Decker suddenly asked. Isabel turned away, fully intent on ignoring him. "Did you meet each other at Carter Corporation? Or did you meet him outside of work and gradually fell in love with him, then you decided to set him up with a position at Carter Corporation?” What did he mean by that? Was he insinuating that Roland was relying on her to snake his way into Carter Corporation? She threw a sideways, belittling look at him. "Do you think Roland is anything like you? He wouldn’t latch on another woman to further his goals.” Decker was not upset by this as he continued with a smug smile. "Oh? Then how did he get into Carter Corporation?" “He proved his worth.” Isabel realized that she had been roped in by Decker again. Nevertheless, she continued, “He passed the interviews himself. I was one of the interviewers and initially planned to dismiss him, but he managed to leave a very good impression on my father and the rest was history.” "
"I never meant to kill him! Roland, you have to believe me. Why would I still try to deceive you when I’m in this state?” “In that case, you can go ahead and explain things to him in the afterlife.” Master Rockwell was taken aback by this, his demeanor tightened. "You...you..." Roland looked at him calmly. "Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. It was Grandma and my parents who raised me. They instilled morals and virtue into me and made sure I’d grow into a decent man.” Master Rockwell was briefly relieved to hear this, but before he could rid himself of his trepidation, Roland continued in a dark voice, "But I won’t forget about you and Decker bribing all those media outlets to defame Isabel. I know you manipulated the stock prices to try to kick me out of the corporation. I’ll make sure to settle our score through the legal system.” If convicted guilty, they would have to rot in prison. “Roland… listen to me, Roland. Decker is your uncle. If you want revenge, you can come
Master Rockwell must have heard their shifting movements and opened his eyes. When he recognized the faces of Roland and Isabel, there was a brief glow in his murky eyes. He motioned to the nurse to have her help him sit up from the bed. After he managed to position himself seated up against the head of the bed, he asked the nurse to leave. Then he cast a loving, tender smile on Roland and Isabel. “Roland, Isabel, please have a seat.” Roland said disinterestedly, "We have things to get to, just hurry up and tell us what you have to say." Isabel stayed silent. A look flashed in Master Rockwell's eyes. Then, he turned to Isabel and expressed regretfully, "Isabel, I’m a foolish old man, it was me who told Decker to leak pictures of you two. He had no choice because I forced him to do so. If you have to blame someone, blame me!” Isabel frowned. She was somewhat impressed by how smoothly the old man switched his mask from one to another. From a forlorn and sad state t